# Is the "Peanuts" theme (Linus and Lucy) Christmas Music? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 14, 2013, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-peanuts-theme-linus-and-lucy-christmas-music/676305 "2013-12-14T15:02:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-peanuts-theme-linus-and-lucy-christmas-music/676305/81 "2014-12-01T20:28:14Z")
Sorry if it is not appropriate but I thought I would resurrect this thread from last year to see if there was further discussion/voting for this year. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-peanuts-theme-linus-and-lucy-christmas-music/676305/82 "2014-12-01T20:43:02Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > I agree. If it was a Christmas song shouldn’t people be asking “Why are they playing the Charlie Brown Christmas song in It’s The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown?” Yes, that would be kind of depressing. And it’s the opening of the Halloween show, (which I think is a better show anyway, and which I’ve seen a lot more). Plus, Halloween comes before Christmas. The Christmas show has its own tunes, so there’s no reason for it to lay claim to this one. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-peanuts-theme-linus-and-lucy-christmas-music/676305/83 "2014-12-01T20:54:48Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Gee, how best to put this? > > That lyric is from “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree,” not “Jingle Bell Rock.” "Snowing and blowing up bushels of fun Now the jingle hop has begun Dancing and prancing in Jingle Bell Square In the frosty air. Jingle bell time is a swell time To go gliding in a one-horse sleigh Giddy-up jingle horse, pick up your feet Clearly at least a Winter song, which we play this time of year (oddly). _These are a few of my Favorite things_ is also considered a Winter song, due to: _Doorbells and sleigh bells … Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes Silver white winters that melt into springs_ but “_Brown paper packages tied up with strings_” isnt a Christmas reference. _Walking in a winter wonderland_ is not explicitly Christmas either. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-peanuts-theme-linus-and-lucy-christmas-music/676305/84 "2014-12-01T21:02:30Z")
> [@chrisk](#): > > assuming that the title characters were a romantic couple. > [@Kimballkid](#): > > Eeeewwww! “I’m not \*your \*sweet babboo either!” Before reading this thread I would have been inclined to vote “Yes,” but I’ve been talked out of it. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-peanuts-theme-linus-and-lucy-christmas-music/676305/85 "2014-12-01T21:20:50Z")
Somebody actually changed his mind after reading a Straight Dope thread? Alert the media! ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-peanuts-theme-linus-and-lucy-christmas-music/676305/86 "2014-12-01T21:52:46Z")
I just voted and it’s 91 - 89 Yes’s are winning. I voted no because it’s the _Peanuts_ theme to me, and not a Christmas song at all. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-peanuts-theme-linus-and-lucy-christmas-music/676305/87 "2014-12-01T22:40:51Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > "Snowing and blowing up bushels of fun > Now the jingle hop has begun > Dancing and prancing in Jingle Bell Square > In the frosty air. > Jingle bell time is a swell time > To go gliding in a one-horse sleigh > Giddy-up jingle horse, pick up your feet > Clearly at least a Winter song, which we play this time of year (oddly). > > _These are a few of my Favorite things_ is also considered a Winter song, due to: > _Doorbells and sleigh bells … > Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes > Silver white winters that melt into springs_ > > **but “_Brown paper packages tied up with strings_” isnt a Christmas reference.** Whadday mean? All those gifts under the tree, tastefully wrapped in kraft paper and twine. Oh, colorful gift wrap and ribbon? How gauche. Much too mainstream. \ ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-peanuts-theme-linus-and-lucy-christmas-music/676305/88 "2014-12-01T22:42:47Z")
And, no pulls ahead! This thread could go back and forth every year. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-peanuts-theme-linus-and-lucy-christmas-music/676305/89 "2014-12-01T22:49:26Z")
Thing is, I am not sure of the OP. By “Christmas Music” do you mean tunes _associated_ with Xmas, or those which have Christmas lyrics (or in the case of instrumentals have titles or were _written as_)? So, yes to _associated with Xmas_. It’s at least as “Christmassy” as _These are a Few of my Favorite Things_. OK? No to: Lyrics. Not definately Christmas. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-peanuts-theme-linus-and-lucy-christmas-music/676305/90 "2014-12-01T23:06:34Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > The Peanuts theme has a far stronger claim to being Christmas Music than “My Favorite Things,” which I hear too often on Christmas music themed collections. Makes me stabby. Hey, “raindrops on roses,” is a very Christmasy image! …in New Zealand. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-peanuts-theme-linus-and-lucy-christmas-music/676305/91 "2014-12-01T23:12:52Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > I don’t think we have any “winter songs” that aren’t “Christmas songs” in our culture, unless they’re specifically other religious festival songs, like “The Chanukah Song.” Cultural ooze, and a good argument for the secular nature of Santa-and-presents-Christmas, as opposed to the Christian Happy-Birthday-Jesus Christmas. > > The Peanuts theme has a far stronger claim to being Christmas Music than “My Favorite Things,” which I hear too often on Christmas music themed collections. Makes me stabby. These lyrics are very specifically winter:\*Doorbells and sleigh bells … Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes Silver white winters that melt into springs \* Secular Winter song. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-peanuts-theme-linus-and-lucy-christmas-music/676305/92 "2014-12-01T23:36:57Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Plus all those people who say that _Die Hard_ is a Christmas movie are simply wrong. > > D&R Well, I say it sort of facetiously, so I may be _complexly_ wrong. It’s possible that I overdosed on “Christmas stuff” as a kid, & so now embrace the sardonic categorization of _Die Hard_ as a Christmas movie. (Although it’s _really_ just an action movie set that week.) But I don’t think “Linus and Lucy” is a Christmas song. _Christmas-compatible,_ let’s say. Which arguably is a good category for _Die Hard_ and maybe _The Long Kiss Goodnight_. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-peanuts-theme-linus-and-lucy-christmas-music/676305/93 "2014-12-02T10:13:17Z")
I voted “no”. Thanks for keeping the poll open. Now, how do I vote for George McGovern? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-peanuts-theme-linus-and-lucy-christmas-music/676305/94 "2014-12-02T16:57:02Z")
You’re only 42 years and a coupla months late! ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-peanuts-theme-linus-and-lucy-christmas-music/676305/95 "2014-12-02T21:51:54Z")
FWIW I asked a couple people at work (all hovering in the 40 - 50 age range) and they all said no it is not because it’s the Peanuts theme ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2014, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-peanuts-theme-linus-and-lucy-christmas-music/676305/96 "2014-12-03T06:20:17Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > You’re only 42 years and a coupla months late! One month! (And 42 years.) ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2014, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-peanuts-theme-linus-and-lucy-christmas-music/676305/97 "2014-12-03T08:37:20Z")
It is a boogie. It is not Christmas music. Although if someone thinks it is Christmas music and plays it during the season, that is a real relief. Also, Pachelbel’s Canon in D is not a Christmas song. Although it is not a relief because some philistine clod has come up with Christmasy lyrics, and not very good ones at that. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2014, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-peanuts-theme-linus-and-lucy-christmas-music/676305/98 "2014-12-03T12:58:01Z")
Kinda like the Hallelujah Chorus is an Easter song but try to convince the people singing it that Jesus did not rise again on Christmas. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2014, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-peanuts-theme-linus-and-lucy-christmas-music/676305/99 "2014-12-03T13:09:54Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > I don’t really associate the Peanuts theme with Christmas, but I am probably in the minority. > > Now, the Peanuts classic [Christmas Time is Here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-8giz65hkE) is just full of Christmas feels. 🙂 This is how I feel too. Doesn’t help that the Peanuts theme is our hold music at work, so I hear it a lot year round. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2014, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-peanuts-theme-linus-and-lucy-christmas-music/676305/100 "2014-12-03T16:21:41Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > I don’t really associate the Peanuts theme with Christmas, but I am probably in the minority. > > Now, the Peanuts classic [Christmas Time is Here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-8giz65hkE) is just full of Christmas feels. 🙂 So, having watched it last nite, my vote is in. Theme- no. Christmas Time is Here- of course. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-peanuts-theme-linus-and-lucy-christmas-music/676305.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-peanuts-theme-linus-and-lucy-christmas-music/676305.md?page=6)